The effect of fertility on labour force participationThe Spanish evidence

  1. De la Rica Goiricelaya, Sara
  2. Ferrero Blanco, María Dolores
Revista:
Spanish economic review

ISSN: 1435-5469

Año de publicación: 2003

Volumen: 5

Número: 2

Páginas: 153-172

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1007/S101080300059 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Spanish economic review

Resumen

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effect of fertility on the decision of labour force participation of married females in Spain, allowing for the existence of unobserved characteristics that affect both fertility and participation. We use a pooling of five waves of the European Household Panel for Spain (1994¿1998). Results indicate that not taking into account the unobserved characteristics that affect both variables imposes on average a strong downward bias on the true effect of fertility on participation. This bias is especially strong for highly educated females.

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